Improvement in seed-plaftebs



s1Irvilriiins c. WILDER, or SARDINIL onto.

Laga-8V Patent No. 75,613, amarrar@ 11, 1868.

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` Be it known that I, SILVANUS C. WIILDER, of Sardinia, in thecouuty of Brown, and Sta-vte of Ohio-, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Seed-Planter@ .and I `do hereby'dcclare that thefollowing'is 'a full, clear, and exact description thcreof,`\vhich willfenable othcrs'iskilled in the art'to make and use theA same, reference being-had `to the accompanying drawings, forming pai-'t of this specification, in which'- 'Figure 1 is a top view of my improved .seed-planter, Figure 2 is a detail sectional view ofthe same, taken through the line y-y,1ig. 1. Figure 3 is a vertical eross-sectionof the same,'takenltbrough the line 2v x, g. 1. Similar letters of reference indicate correspondingparts.

lMy inveutionhas-fr its object tof'urnishl anpimproved seed-planter, in which the,dropping-device shall be' t so `const riioted-and arranged as to b'e easilyoperated, and so. as todrop theseed-promptly and accurately; and

it consists in the combination and arrangement of the'variousy parts by means of which the seed is dropped,

.Aris a slotted bar or beam, to-whic'hl the various parts 'of the machine are attached. B are theside wheels, l

the axles' ef which are adjustablyV secured to the vertical-'slotted bars C attached-to the ends of the `beam A,

so that the-,ploughs may be adjusted to .runat agreater or less depth,as required. v D is the 4rear wheel, the

agile of whidhfis attached to the bar or-fram E, extending back from the middle part oflthe slotted beam or IframeA. Fis the seat, attached to the -frame E. v- Gis the tongue. The irons H, by which it is connected tol the beam A, extend back, andare bent downward, so as to become standards for the attachment of the markingploughs I.4 J are'th-e standards of the' rearor.covering'ploughs, which are attached to the under side ot the beam A,`the forward ends of which form the4 ears-to which the'ir'o'ns H are pivoted, and to the rear .ends of avhich the coveringlplou'ghs K arelatta'ch'ed. -T'oV the rear parts of the standards J arepiv'otcd frames, 11,160 which zare pivoted the rollers M that press the earth' down upon the seed, and mark the rows.' The cross-bars of the frames L act as Scrapers toscrape oil' the dirt that mayadhere to the rollers M. N arejzhe spouts that guide the seerd to the4 ground. The spouts Naro attached to the outer ends of .the secd-boxes O, and their lower ends extend down through the slots" in thebem A to the rear of themarking-ploughs I, so as to guide; the

seed into the furrows formedlby said ploghs. "n arc holesformed through the inner side of the upper part of the s pouts N, through the' outer ends of the seed-boxes O, forth-e reception of the vcups R that convey the seed from the lseed-boxesO to the spouts N. The cupsR'are 'made of such a size as to hold the amount ,of seed required for each hill,.and `are attached totheuppcr ends of the curved armsor stemsS, which pass through holes in the bottoms of theseedboxes 0,"and the lower ends oiV which are' attached to 'or formed solid with' the bent levers The bent levers'T are pivoted at their angles to the loa-er side of the bottoms of seed-bo\'es O, and to 'their shorter arms are pivoted the outer ends of the double connectingsbars U, which pass alon'g the under side of the boxes O, upon both sides ot' the levers T and arms or stems Sto serve as guidcs'to said levers and arms as they ancpperated. To Vthe inner bends of the connecting-hars U are pivot'cd the 'ends of the downhardly-projecting arms el ofthe crank orrock-shafts V, which are pivotedfto the innerends ofthe seed-boxes 0, and which have other arms, o2, projecting inward, to the downwardly-curved. ends of which are pirated, with adoubljointed connection, the upper ends of the'connecting-bars W. The lower ends of the connecting-bars W arefpivoteld to the outer ends of the arms-:z:1 of the rock-,shaft Xl. vThe shaft X is pivoted to the upper side of the beam A; `and has uvprvardlyfprojecting arms-a:2 rigidly connected with it, to the upper ends of which is seddiely attached the teadle-bar Y, so that the device may be operated to drop the seed by the driver with his feet.- Z is al'evel, pivoted to the framegoif `the machine, thelong arm of which extends up intosuch a position as to be easily reached and operated bythe driver `from hisJseat, or when walkingin the rear of the machine. To the en'd ot' the short arm ofthe lever Z is pivoted thc'rear end of the Asliding bar A', the forward en d of which is. forked, and rests against: the treadle-bar Y, so that the device maybe ope'rated to drop the seed byoperating the .lever Z. B is'a post, the. lower end of which is securely` attached to the beam A, Vand. the upper of' which-is slotted to'form alsupport, and slide for Vthe bar A tomove back and :forth upon ivlien operated. C is a spring, attached tothe lever T and tothe boxes O, to bringthe parts back Vto their pla-ceses soon astbe seed has been dropped.

It should be observed that the rnohne may be used with one or two horses', and with or without the drivers seat F, as my be desired.

I claim :1s new-,and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A 1.' The combination of the 'cnrved `barrer stern S,'1ever T, spring C. connecting-bars U, rock-sbo'c and arms V v1 vdoubie-jointed connecting-rod W, rock-shaftland arms X'rp 2:2., and trendlelbar Y, with cach other! and with the seed-boxes0 and slottedbeam A, substnntiallyns herein shown and described, dnd for the purpose set forth. v

2. The combination of the lever Z, sliding barvA, and slide-post or rest B', with each other and with the treadie-bar Y, substantially as herein shown and describedand for the purpose set forth.

v SILVANUS C. WILDER.

Witnesses:

RoBT. W. ANDERSON, S. S. PANGBURN. 

